kevslocum's bloghttp://www.menwhoknit.com/community/blog/4576
To promote and inspire men who knit.enSome Mo' Stuffhttp://www.menwhoknit.com/community/node/11319
<p>I've been away for a while again, I seem to keep falling out of making things and getting distracted by daily life. It's kind of bummed me out a little. Anyways, I've picked up my needles and hooks again after a short dry spell and I've started stitching away. Part of my inspiration are new members to my family, since my cousin gave birth a little while ago. I've made her daughter a little scarf and hat and I'm working on a baby blanket for her now. She's small and cute, so you just have to spoil her a little bit, right? Also, we've adopted a puppy from a shelter. She's small and cute and a little mischievous, but her puppy-face lets her get away with just about anything.</p>
<p>So the latest things I've made were a little hat for the baby and a long scarf for whomever. The hat's just a basic pattern that everyone knows, but I made it a little short so I added some rows of single crochet the the bottom to give it a little more length, and then I added a flower to make it a little cuter. The scarf's just kind of whatever, just some chunky yarn and fringe. But I did get Madi to pose a little bit with it one. Such a cute little girl. Haha.</p>
<p>As a little blurb: I'm kind of thinking about getting into some 'yarn-bombing.' Don't worry, I'm not going to ignite some alpaca and throw it at unsuspecting victims, I don't have the money to waste perfectly good alpaca like that... What I want to do is to make little knick-knacks and hide them around town, or cover poles or trees or whatever with them. Anyways, it's just an idea write now, but it has the possibility for fun.</p>
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http://www.menwhoknit.com/community/node/11319#commentsFri, 19 Nov 2010 20:03:58 +0000kevslocum11319 at http://www.menwhoknit.com/communityUltimate Nerd-gasm.http://www.menwhoknit.com/community/node/11143
<p>I'm a little nerdy or geek-ish. I love me some old-school N64 games, especially Legend of Zelda. So naturally I love to surf around the recesses of the internet to try and find patterns to knit up with video-game themes. I've come across some great Mario, Megaman, and Pokemon patterns, even some great Zelda ones, but not enough to feed my inner desire for complete geek-dom. Out of all of the Zelda games, Ocarina of Time has to be my all-time favorite. And the point of the game is to travel through dungeons and fight monsters and complete puzzles to get special items to move further throughout the game. In the beginning, those special items are Spiritual Stones, and my favorite of those is the Kokiri Emerald. I just think that the way it was designed made it look very pretty and alluring. So out of boredom and necessity, I have personally designed a color chart for the Kokiri Emerald so I can finally make something with it on it. Of course, if any of you guys are Zelda-nerds too, you can totally use the chart as well. :)</p>
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http://www.menwhoknit.com/community/node/11143#commentsFri, 10 Sep 2010 18:33:42 +0000kevslocum11143 at http://www.menwhoknit.com/communityFinally Back!http://www.menwhoknit.com/community/node/11117
<p>It's been almost 3 months since I've been here, but after getting acclimated with school and returning back to California from my Drum Corps. tour I finally have some time to knit again! Unfortunately, there wasn't a lot of time on the buses (or space) to be able to make anything more than a little scarf. It was a great summer though, minus the lack of fiber art, I got to see a lot of middle-America and perform for thousands of people almost every day with great music (Slaughter On 10th Avenue and Rhapsody In Blue). However, I have free-time, and personal space, at last and I've been knitting with a vengeance, haha! I've finished a couple hats for my friends, and I'm starting to work on a cardigan for my boyfriend's birthday. Also, I'm in need of some interesting sweater patters that would look good on younger guys, since they seem to be few and far between. It's great to be back though! </p>
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http://www.menwhoknit.com/community/node/11117#commentsThu, 02 Sep 2010 07:18:56 +0000kevslocum11117 at http://www.menwhoknit.com/communityBack In The Swing (Of Things)http://www.menwhoknit.com/community/node/10722
<p>Unfortunately, or fortunately, depending on how you look at the situation, I've been way busy these last couple weeks. Especially since I'm getting ready to leave for another summer tour in Drum Corps. and I'm applying for college too. It's been lucky if I can sit down and knit for a little bit. Thankfully though, I stumbled across this super-easy pattern for a wrap. Since I had about 6 hours to kill, I knit this bad boy up. Nothing to big or grand, just a dropped stitch pattern. But I was (hopefully) able to make it look a little more masculine so I don't feel especially fruity when I wear it out. Well...I guess only us gays would have enough fashion sense to wear a wrap anyways....so strike that last sentence. Haha.</p>
<p>Edit:</p>
<p>Here's me modeling the wrap. I used a part of seagull bone that I found at the beach a while ago as a pin. It almost makes me feel tribal, in a way. Haha.</p>
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http://www.menwhoknit.com/community/node/10722#commentsWed, 21 Apr 2010 23:58:39 +0000kevslocum10722 at http://www.menwhoknit.com/community4 Hour Beaniehttp://www.menwhoknit.com/community/node/10490
<p>I was feeling a little nerdy this morning and I was on Ravelry, so I somehow stumbled upon this pattern for a Cthulu cap. Since I haven't tried stranded color work before (I've only done intarsia) I decided to give it a shot. It was really fun to make, and using charts for the color work was a nice little experience too, since I messed up on it once. At least now I've broken into another way to add color to work. Hooray!</p>
<p>Also, I've started on my KAL boxers too. I found this really nice yarn at my local Joanns, and got it. It's Patons Silk Bamboo. 70% Bamboo 30% Silk, really really soft, and 6 bucks. So I totally got it. These will definitely be my lounge-around boxers.</p>
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http://www.menwhoknit.com/community/node/10490#commentsSat, 13 Mar 2010 20:52:00 +0000kevslocum10490 at http://www.menwhoknit.com/communityWeekend Projecthttp://www.menwhoknit.com/community/node/10448
<p>This weekend, I was just sitting at my desk, bored and had nothing to do. Then out of the corner of my eye, I say this ball of yarn staring at me intently. I looked over at it for a few minutes, and then I knew I had to make something out of it. So I went on Ravelry and found the pattern for the Boneyard Shawl and turned this ball of Vivo 80% Wool, 20% Nylon into something wearable and worthwhile. Of course, I had to borrow two of its buddies too, but all in all it turned out to be a pretty fun (and easy) weekend project.</p>
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http://www.menwhoknit.com/community/node/10448#commentsMon, 08 Mar 2010 20:45:37 +0000kevslocum10448 at http://www.menwhoknit.com/communityFirst Commissionhttp://www.menwhoknit.com/community/node/10391
<p>Well, it's been a little while since I've posted anything on here, things always seem to get busy around February I guess. So this is my first commissioned project: a nice hooded scarf. It was fairly simple, but making the hood was definitely interesting, and I added some pom-poms to make it a little more fun. My guard instructor is the one who wanted me to make it too, I'd always show her some of my wips and she'd always joke about how I should start making stock and sell on Etsy. Then one day she said she'd ordered some yarn and wanted me to make a hooded scarf, so I did. Haha. But since I have school and barely any free time now, it took me about four days longer than expected, which kind of bummed me out.</p>
<p>Just a little edit: It took exactly 3 skeins of Bernat Softee Chunky on US 10's to make this with pom-poms and pockets.</p>
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http://www.menwhoknit.com/community/node/10391#commentsMon, 01 Mar 2010 01:07:47 +0000kevslocum10391 at http://www.menwhoknit.com/communityKnitting Project Bag from Recycled T-Shirtshttp://www.menwhoknit.com/community/node/10176
<p>So just recently I came across a blog that showed projects made from plarn (plastic yarn) and tarn (t-shirt yarn) and I thought that the idea of<br />
recycling old t-shirts or grocery bags was brilliant. Unfortunately, I don't have a collection of plastic bags to make plarn, but I have plenty of old t-shirts. So I improvised this really simple design for a tarn bag made from a wife-beater and an old athletic shirt.<br />
The colors are a little too contrasting, but if you substituted an old brown shirt with the red t-shirt, it'd look pretty snazzy. Also, I made the drawstring out of the hems of the sleeves and bottom of the red t-shirt. Anyways, I'm not sure if anyone's interested, but if anyone wanted I could type out the pattern so it can be recreated.</p>
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http://www.menwhoknit.com/community/node/10176#commentsSat, 30 Jan 2010 21:45:11 +0000kevslocum10176 at http://www.menwhoknit.com/communityNew Book Baghttp://www.menwhoknit.com/community/node/10124
<p>So I haven't had a new bag for school for about five years, so I decided that it was time for a new one. It was my first time working in the round and with cables, but I think it turned out pretty well. I improvised the buttonhole because the pattern only had a flap without anything securing it shut. I also used garter stitch for the strap because the curling of stockinette stitch bugs me. I made the button out of some old rosemary that grows by my house for a nice earthy touch. All in all it turned out okay for a 6 day project.</p>
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http://www.menwhoknit.com/community/node/10124#commentsFri, 22 Jan 2010 00:03:03 +0000kevslocum10124 at http://www.menwhoknit.com/communityFirst Posthttp://www.menwhoknit.com/community/node/10068
<p>Well, this is my first time posting on this site. It only took me a week or so, haha. I wanted to wait so I could take some pictures of the work I did over my school's winter break on some bodies. These were the first sweater and jacket I've done so far. The sweater was just a simple one-seam that looks like it's knit in a rib stitch, but it's crocheted, where the jacket was done in simple rib and stockinette stitches.<br />
Enjoy,<br />
Kevin.</p>
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http://www.menwhoknit.com/community/node/10068#commentsTue, 12 Jan 2010 04:29:53 +0000kevslocum10068 at http://www.menwhoknit.com/community